Helping commemorate twenty-seven years of dedication and awareness, ten of Los Angeles' top chefs and seventeen wineries offered enticing edibles, tantalizingly tempting treats and delicious, flavorful wines served in abundance to the more than five hundred guests attending the gourmet afternoon fete on the "lawn" of the Pacific Design Center.

The American Cancer Society Benefit honored Margaret Loesch, president and CEO of The HUB, with The Spirit of Life Award for her devotion and commitment to her fight against cancer. A long time entertainment industry executive, Ms. Loesch, personifies the very essence of generosity. Her commitment to maintaining quality family programming is admirable.

Barbara Lazoroff, founding chairwomen of the American Cancer Society Benefit, is a woman of boundless passion. A member of several research charities she tirelessly works to give back to those who need the help the most.

She epitomizes the adage "charity begins at home." She emphasized in our interview her passions begin at home. She is the mother of two teenage sons, from her marriage, with Founding Co-Chair and restaurant mogul, Wolfgang Puck, and has taught her sons the importance of altruism and reaching out and meeting the need through charity opportunities albeit lending their name, time, talents or the myriad of other possibilities.

After home and family, the lists of passions are punctuated with charitable offerings including Meals-on-Wheels, The American Cancer Society and several Jewish medical research hospitals. She believes and lives her philosophy of giving back whenever and however she can. She is a philanthropic formidable force and thankfully so.

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When the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry asked people what they'd most like to improve about their smile, the most common response was whiter teeth. The American Association of Orthodontists also found that nearly 90% request tooth whitening.*

Andre Soltner, at 78, is internationally recognized as the first "superstar" chef and a Master Chef of the highest honors. While still young he left home, to begin an apprenticeship that would transport him to worlds unknown.

During the first week of February Saint Anselm College Survey Center conducted a poll with registered voters throughout the state. Below are the results which, at this early date, show a national consistency in preferred democratic presidential candidate.

Battle of the Sexes, from Fox Searchlight Pictures, presents 1973, the year women, led by powerhouse tennis player Billie Jean King, decided they were done with penny prize packages and to the chagrin of the establishment demanded equality.

Ivanka Trump, the power-hungry daughter of President-elect Trump, flew commercial this week, along with husband Jared Kushner and their three children only to be heckled, harassed and lambasted by fellow passengers still angry over the election.

Alabama just passed a bill protecting pre-born babies even in cases of rape and incest, in a trend following Georgia and several other states enacting laws restricting abortion, in stark contrast to the recent on demand New York law.

Mackenzie Lueck, 23, a Salt Lake City, Utah college student, who went missing after returning to the area following her grandmother's funeral in El Segundo, CA., has been declared dead after charred remains were discovered in the suspect's yard.

Los Angeles, CA, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Beltway Insider, a weekly review of the nation's top stories from the Washington beat, from Haute-Lifestyle.com, exploded over the last four weeks driving 900K hits to the online luxury lifestyle magazine.

Ad Astra, from Plan B Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox, brings to the screen the story of intergalactic travel circa 2050 and an unprecedented cosmic interruption that sends extraordinary power surges with catastrophic results hurling toward earth.

If the mistakes committed by the former president of the National Assembly are patent and inexcusable in the light of his duties, to question the functioning of the ministries and the funds granted is now a necessity.

The terrorist attack in Strasbourg (eastern France) is believed to be the work of a radicalized offender. Three people died as a result of this attack, twelve others wounded. The Vigipirate plan was raised at the emergency level.

It sounds so dreamy, doesn’t it – going out for a romantic dinner on Valentine’s Day? Except it doesn’t always turn out that way. All too often the restaurant is crowded, the servers cranky and the “exclusive” prix fixe menu is limited and expensive.